مبهم

Arabic

Etymology

Derived from the passive participle of أَبْهَمَ (ʔabhama, to shut/lock, conceal, to make obscure), from the root ب ه م (b-h-m).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mub.ham/

Adjective

مُبْهَم • (mubham) (feminine مُبْهَمَة (mubhama), masculine plural مُبْهَمُونَ (mubhamūna), feminine plural مُبْهَمَات (mubhamāt))

  1. mysterious, secret, cloudy, uncertain
  2. ambiguous, vague
  3. closed, locked (a door)

Declension

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Descendants

  • Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
    • Turkish: müphem
  • Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value).

Adjective

مبهم • (mübhem)

  1. vague, unclear, obscure

Descendants

Persian

Etymology

From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value).

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? muḇham
Dari reading? mubham
Iranian reading? mobham
Tajik reading? mubham

Adjective

Dari Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
Iranian Persian
Tajik мубҳам

مبهم • (mobham)

  1. mysterious (of unknown origin; difficult to understand; having unknown qualities)
  2. vague
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